[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 8 (Wednesday, January 12, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D37-D38]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nominations of Chavonda J. Jacobs-Young, of 
Georgia, to be Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics, 
and Margo Schlanger, of Michigan, to be an Assistant Secretary, both of 
the Department of Agriculture.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the nominations of Henry Christopher Frey, of North Carolina, 
to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency, and Martha Williams, of Montana, to be Director of the United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, and 18 
GSA resolutions.
WRDA OVERSIGHT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded an 
oversight hearing to examine the Water Resources Development Act, 
focusing on USACE implementation of water infrastructure projects, 
programs, and priorities, after receiving testimony from Michael L. 
Connor, Assistant Secretary

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of the Army for Civil Works, and Lieutenant General Scott A. Spellmon, 
Chief of Engineers and Commanding General of the United States Army 
Corps of Engineers, both of the Department of Defense.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the nominations of Amy Gutmann, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to 
the Federal Republic of Germany, Donald Armin Blome, of Illinois, to be 
Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Christopher R. Hill, of 
Rhode Island, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Serbia, Joseph 
Donnelly, of Indiana, to be Ambassador to the Holy See, Michele Taylor, 
of Georgia, for the rank of Ambassador during her tenure of service as 
United States Representative to the UN Human Rights Council, Eric M. 
Garcetti, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of India, 
Lisa A. Carty, of Maryland, to be Representative of the United States 
of America on the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, 
with the rank of Ambassador, and to be an Alternate Representative of 
the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of 
the United Nations, during her tenure of service as Representative of 
the United States of America on the Economic and Social Council of the 
United Nations, and Laura S. H. Holgate, of Virginia, to be 
Representative of the United States of America to the International 
Atomic Energy Agency, with the rank of Ambassador, and to be 
Representative of the United States of America to the Vienna Office of 
the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador, all of the Department 
of State, Oren E. Whyche-Shaw, of Maryland, to be United States 
Director of the African Development Bank, Alice P. Albright, of the 
District of Columbia, to be Chief Executive Officer, Millennium 
Challenge Corporation, Enoh T. Ebong, of the District of Columbia, to 
be Director of the Trade and Development Agency, and routine lists in 
the Foreign Service.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Sarah H. Cleveland, of New York, to be Legal 
Adviser, who was introduced by Senator Coons, James C. O'Brien, of 
Nebraska, to be Head of the Office of Sanctions Coordination, with the 
rank of Ambassador, George J. Tsunis, of New York, to be Ambassador to 
Greece, who was introduced by Senators Casey and Paul, and Beth Van 
Schaack, of California, to be Ambassador at Large for Global Criminal 
Justice, who was introduced by Senator Booker, all of the Department of 
State, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf.
CLOSING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
closing the digital divide in Native communities through infrastructure 
investment, after receiving testimony from Manuel Heart, Ute Mountain 
Ute Tribe, Towaoc, Colorado; William Smith, National Indian Health 
Board, Valdez, Alaska; Walter W. Haase, Navajo Tribal Utility 
Authority, Fort Defiance, Arizona; Carrie L. Billy, American Indian 
Higher Education Consortium, Alexandria, Virginia; Matthew Rantanen, 
National Congress of American Indians, Washington, D.C.; Donavan 
Kealoha, Purple Mai'a Foundation, 'Aiea, Hawaii; and Hallie Bissett, 
Alaska Native Village Corporation Association, Anchorage.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Andre B. Mathis, of Tennessee, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, Jessica G. L. Clarke, to be United 
States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, and Hector 
Gonzalez, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District 
of New York, who were both introduced by Senator Schumer, Fred W. 
Slaughter, to be United States District Judge for the Central District 
of California, who was introduced by Senator Padilla, and Sharon 
Bradford Franklin, of Maryland, to be Chairman and Member, and Beth Ann 
Williams, of New Jersey, to be a Member, both of the Privacy and Civil 
Liberties Oversight Board, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
NOMINATION
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nomination of Kenneth L. Wainstein, of Virginia, to be 
Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis, Department of Homeland 
Security, after the nominee testified and answered questions in his own 
behalf.